A decision by the California Supreme Court sheds rare light on how family police agencies (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agencies) like the Los Angeles County Department of Children and ...
On December 9, 1969, a four-hour shootout took place at the Southern California Headquarters of the Black Panther Party. The massive exchange of gunfire was between a cluster of six Panther members ...
For a little over six months, kids accused of some serious crimes in Los Angeles County have the opportunity to avoid incarceration, court, and convictions through a special youth diversion program ...
In a new legal claim, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy describes how the Compton Sheriff’s Station has, in the last few years, been permeated by “a violent deputy gang” called the Executioners.
Deconstructing the Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas: Part 10 – The U.S. Government changes its story
On May 30, of this year, the conviction of former President Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney prompted a renewed discussion on the importance of the rule of law in the U.S. A reminder of ...
On Thursday, January 25, the team of five appellate attorneys who are now representing Mark Ridley-Thomas filed their 102-page brief in order to appeal their client’s conviction with the United States ...
Late Monday, the defense attorneys for Mark Ridley-Thomas filed a 37-page motion requesting bail for their client so that he won’t be in prison while they appeal his case to the 9th Circuit Court of ...
New study finds that prosecuting non-violent misdemeanors significantly raises the odds for rearrest
Misdemeanor charges make up over 80 percent of the criminal cases processed across the nation. More specifically, every year approximately 13 million Americans are charged for misdemeanor offenses. In ...
On Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m., the newly chosen team, which has been given the task of designing a permanent and independent civilian probation oversight commission for the nation’s largest ...
The sentencing of Ridley-Thomas was originally set to take place on Monday, August, 21. But by Friday, August 18, as residents of Los Angeles County were nervously eyeing a the approach of a hurricane ...
On June 7, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on a new motion co-authored by Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Janice Hahn, that when it passed early on Tuesday afternoon, will ...
In 2011, Michele Infante was incarcerated for close to six months at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, CA, a small city adjacent to Compton and Watts. The facility is Los Angeles ...
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